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Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts General Court
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 7, 2015
Leadership
Therese Murray (D)
since March 21, 2007
President pro Tempore
Majority Leader
Stanley Rosenberg (D)
since February 1, 2013
Minority Leader
Bruce Tarr (R)
since January 5, 2011
Structure
Seats40
Political groups
Governing Party
  •   Democrat: 34 seats

Opposition Party

Length of term
2 years
AuthorityChapter 1, Massachusetts Constitution
Salary$58,237.15/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 4, 2014
(40 seats)
Next election
November 8, 2016
(40 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative Control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber
Massachusetts State House
Boston, Massachusetts
Website
Massachusetts Senate
Composition by municipality in the 187th General Court.
Composition by municipality in the upcoming 189th General Court.

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the state. All but one of the districts are named for the counties in which they are located (the "Cape and Islands" district covers Dukes, Nantucket, and parts of Barnstable counties). Senators serve two-year terms, without term limits.[1] The Senate convenes in the Massachusetts State House, in Boston.

The current session is the 189th General Court, which convened January 7, 2015. It consists of 34 Democrats and 6 Republicans. The President of the Senate is Therese Murray of Plymouth. The Senate Majority Leader, Stanley Rosenberg of the Democratic Party, was named on February 1, 2013.[2][3] The Senate Minority Leader, from the Republican Party, is Bruce Tarr of Gloucester. The last state general election was on November 4, 2014.

Party control

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Democrats hold a supermajority in the Senate.

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of 188th General Court 36 4 40 0
Start of 189th General Court 34 6 40 0
Latest voting share 85% 15%

Leadership

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The Senate leadership was announced in late January 2013.[4]

Position Name Party Residence District
President Therese Murray Democratic Plymouth Plymouth & Barnstable
Majority Leader Stanley Rosenberg Democratic Amherst Hampshire, Franklin & Worcester
President Pro Tempore Richard T. Moore Democratic Uxbridge Worcester and Norfolk
Minority Leader Bruce Tarr Republican Gloucester 1st Essex and Middlesex

Members

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Current members of the Senate, sorted by district name:

Senator Party District Home Town/City Service started
Benjamin Downing   Democratic Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden Pittsfield January 2007
James Timilty   Democratic Bristol and Norfolk Walpole January 2005
Michael Rodrigues   Democratic 1st Bristol and Plymouth Westport January 2011
Mark Montigny   Democratic 2nd Bristol and Plymouth New Bedford January 1993
Dan Wolf   Democratic Cape Islands Harwich January 2011
Kathleen O'Connor Ives   Democratic 1st Essex Newburyport January 2013
Joan Lovely   Democratic 2nd Essex Salem January 2013
Thomas M. McGee   Democratic 3rd Essex Lynn May 2002
Bruce Tarr   Republican 1st Essex and Middlesex Gloucester January 1995
Barbara L'Italien   Democratic 2nd Essex and Middlesex Andover January 2015
James T. Welch   Democratic Hampden West Springfield January 2011
Eric Lesser   Democratic 1st Hampden and Hampshire Longmeadow January 2015
Donald Humason, Jr.   Republican 2nd Hampden and Hampshire Westfield November 2013
Stanley Rosenberg   Democratic Hampshire and Franklin and Worcester Amherst February 1991
Eileen Donoghue   Democratic 1st Middlesex Lowell January 2011
Patricia D. Jehlen   Democratic 2nd Middlesex Somerville September 2005
Michael J. Barrett   Democratic 3rd Middlesex Lexington January 2013
Ken Donnelly   Democratic 4th Middlesex Arlington January 2009
Jason Lewis   Democratic 5th Middlesex Winchester April 2014
Cynthia Stone Creem   Democratic 1st Middlesex and Norfolk Newton January 1999
Karen Spilka   Democratic 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk Ashland January 2005
Sal DiDomenico   Democratic Middlesex and Suffolk Everett May 2010
James B. Eldridge   Democratic Middlesex and Worcester Acton January 2009
Richard Ross   Republican Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex Wrentham May 2010
Brian Joyce   Democratic Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth Milton January 1998
John Keenan   Democratic Norfolk and Plymouth Quincy January 2011
Michael F. Rush   Democratic Norfolk and Suffolk Boston January 2011
Vinny deMacedo   Republican Plymouth and Barnstable Plymouth January 2015
Marc Pacheco   Democratic 1st Plymouth and Bristol Taunton January 1993
Thomas P. Kennedy   Democratic 2nd Plymouth and Bristol Brockton January 2009
Robert Hedlund   Republican Plymouth and Norfolk Weymouth January 1995
Linda Dorcena Forry   Democratic 1st Suffolk Boston June 2013
Sonia Chang-Diaz   Democratic 2nd Suffolk Boston January 2009
Anthony Petruccelli   Democratic 1st Suffolk and Middlesex Boston January 2008
Will Brownsberger   Democratic 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex Belmont January 2012
Harriette Chandler   Democratic 1st Worcester Worcester January 2001
Michael O. Moore   Democratic 2nd Worcester Millbury January 2009
Anne Gobi   Democratic Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex Spencer January 2015
Jennifer Flanagan   Democratic Worcester and Middlesex Leominster January 2009
Ryan Fattman   Republican Worcester and Norfolk Webster January 2015

Notes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Article LXXXII.
  2. ^ "Exit opens floodgates for Senate presidency". Boston Herald. January 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Salsberg, Bob. "Leadership team named for Mass. Senate". boston.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Murphy, Matt (January 31, 2013). "State Sen. Stanley Rosenberg of Amherst named new majority leader in reworked Massachusetts senate leadership team". MassLive.

Further reading

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